Markus Vervier
Markus Vervier is chief executive officer of persistent-security and is based in Aachen. He has been a director of Persistent Security since August 2022, and served as its chairman from August 2022 to March 2025. Since December 2016 he has also been managing director of X41 D-Sec GmbH, and from January 2019 to November 2023 he was managing director of mstorm.io.
Earlier in his career he was a senior security consultant and software developer at LSE Leading Security Experts GmbH from October 2011 to December 2015. He worked as a professional services engineer at Atronos Solutions GmbH from May 2008 to September 2011, and was a diploma student at CanControls between June 2010 and February 2011. From March 2005 to August 2007 he handled IT coordination and software development at Kulturserver gGmbH, and from October 2004 to May 2007 he worked in IT security as a penetration tester at RedTeam Pentesting GmbH.
He holds a Diplom in Informatik from RWTH Aachen University. His stated areas of expertise are cybersecurity, penetration testing, red teaming, reverse engineering and source code auditing.
Career
Roles
Persistent SecurityDirectorAug 2022 – Present
- X41 D-Sec GmbHManaging DirectorDec 2016 – Present
- mstorm.ioManaging DirectorJan 2019 – Nov 2023
- LSE Leading Security Experts GmbHSenior Security Consultant and Software DeveloperOct 2011 – Dec 2015
- CanControlsDiploma StudentJun 2010 – Feb 2011
- Atronos Solutions GmbHProfessional Services EngineerMay 2008 – Sep 2011
- Kulturserver gGmbHIT-Koordination, SoftwareentwicklerMar 2005 – Aug 2007
- RedTeam Pentesting GmbHIT Security, PenetrationtesterOct 2004 – May 2007
Education
- RWTH Aachen University#225schoolDiplom, Informatik
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